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HO (Holidays) (White House Central Files: Subject Files)

Date Start

1969

Date End

1974

Scope and Content Note

Materials filed under the subject files category HO (Holidays) pertain to legal, recognized, and suggested holidays and observances. Among the principal correspondents are the President, Heads of State, White House administrative and Congressional liaison staff members, Members of Congress, state and local government officials, and the public.

The terms Executive and General which are used before subject file codes indicate the source of the materials. Items designated as Executive are communications between leaders and agencies of foreign, national and state and local governments, and prominent persons. Items designated as General are communications between Government officials and private citizens and organizations. The topics filed under each heading are generally similar.

The types of records found in the subject files include original incoming letters and staff memoranda; carbons and electrostatic copies of outgoing letters and staff memoranda; transmittal letters and memoranda for correspondence, reports and other items; telegrams, cables and teletype communications; printed materials such as reports, brochures and magazine reprints; preservation copies of newspaper and magazine clippings; cross reference sheets to other file materials; and withdrawal sheets for materials either transferred as audiovisual or museum items or withdrawn for national security or privacy reasons.

Some related materials are in the following subject categories

CO Countries

FE Federal Government

FG Federal Government-Organizations

ND National Defense

PR Public Relations

SA Safety

VA Veterans Affairs

HO HOLIDAYS

Materials for major holidays and annual observances are filed numerically, then alphabetically (e.g. HO 23 Independence Day). Materials not assigned numbers are filed alphabetically by name or title under the letters of the alphabet (e.g. HO/A).

The topics of the Holiday files include, among others, greetings sent or received for major holidays; Presidential proclamations of holidays and observances; proposed new holidays and observances (e.g. Martin Luther King's birthday and Loyalty Day); the authority to designate national holidays; and lists of anniversaries or events to be observed.

GEN HO 12 Christmas-New Year 1/1/1973-
EX HO 12-1 Greetings Received and Sent Beginning 1/20/1969-12/15/1969
EX HO 12-1 Greetings Received and Sent Beginning 12/16/1969-12/24/1969
EX HO 12-1 Greetings Received and Sent Beginning 12/25/1969-12/31/1969
EX HO 12-1 Greetings Received and Sent Beginning 1/1/1970-1/12/1970
EX HO 12-1 Greetings Received and Sent Beginning 1/13/1970-1/31/1970

Box 24

EX HO 12-1 Greetings Received and Sent Beginning 2/1/1970-
EX HO 12-1 Greetings Received and Sent Beginning 1/1/1971-10/31/1971
EX HO 12-1 Greetings Received and Sent Beginning 11/1/1971-12/24/1971
EX HO 12-1 Greetings Received and Sent Beginning 12/25/1971
EX HO 12-1 Greetings Received and Sent Beginning 12/26/1971-12/31/1971
EX HO 12-1 Greetings Received and Sent Beginning 1/1/1972-1/31/1972

Box 25

EX HO 12-1 Greetings Received and Sent Beginning 2/1/1972 [1 of 2]
EX HO 12-1 Greetings Received and Sent Beginning 2/1/1972- [2 of 2]
EX HO 12-1 Greetings Received and Sent Beginning 1/1/1973-1/4/1973
EX HO 12-1 Greetings Received and Sent Beginning 1/5/1973-1/8/1973
EX HO 12-1 Greetings Received and Sent Beginning 1/9/1973-1/20/1973
EX HO 12-1 Greetings Received and Sent Beginning 1/21/1973-1/31/1973
EX HO 12-1 Greetings Received and Sent Beginning 2/1/1973-12/20/1973
EX HO 12-1 Greetings Received and Sent Beginning 12/21/1973-12/31/1973
EX HO 12-1 Greetings Received and Sent Beginning 1/1/1974-1/14/1974

Box 26

EX HO 12-1 Greetings Received and Sent Beginning 1/15/1974-1/16/1974
EX HO 12-1 Greetings Received and Sent Beginning 1/17/1974
EX HO 12-1 Greetings Received and Sent Beginning 1/17/1974
EX HO 12-1 Greetings Received and Sent Beginning 1/18/1974-1/20/1974
EX HO 12-1 Greetings Received and Sent Beginning 1/21/1974
EX HO 12-1 Greetings Received and Sent Beginning 1/22/1974-1/23/1974
EX HO 12-1 Greetings Received and Sent Beginning 1/24/1974
GEN HO 12-1 Greetings Received and Sent Beginning 1/20/1969-11/30/1969
GEN HO 12-1 Greetings Received and Sent Beginning 12/1/1969-12/15/1969
GEN HO 12-1 Greetings Received and Sent Beginning 12/16/1969-12/31/1969

Box 27

GEN HO 12-1 Greetings Received and Sent Beginning 1/1/1970-1/15/1970
GEN HO 12-1 Greetings Received and Sent Beginning 1/16/1970-1/31/1970
GEN HO 12-1 Greetings Received and Sent Beginning 2/1/1970-6/30/1970
GEN HO 12-1 Greetings Received and Sent Beginning 7/1/1970
GEN HO 12-1 Greetings Received and Sent Beginning 1/1/1971-
GEN HO 12-1 Greetings Received and Sent Beginning 1/1/1973-12/31/1973
GEN HO 12-1 Greetings Received and Sent Beginning 1/1/1974-1/16/1974
GEN HO 12-1 Greetings Received and Sent Beginning 1/17/1974-
GEN HO 12-1 Greetings Received and Sent Beginning 1/18/1974-